New York Government News

Share + Nov 6, 2009 6:13 pm US/Eastern 100,000 Unclaimed Checks Worth More Than $120 Million Waiting To Be Sent Out NEW YORK The IRS is trying to track down more than 100,000 lost taxpayers nationwide, and for once, these folks will want to be found, CBS station WCBS-TV reports.

The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into service Saturday both as a symbol of healing and strength.

New Yorkers: Act now to support same sex marriage!!!! Category: GLBTA Posted on: November 6, 2009 5:35 PM, by Greg Laden New yorkers, call your state reps NOW.

GOVERNOR PATERSON URGES NEW YORKERS TO TAKE PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO REDUCE SPREAD OF H1N1 FLU IN NEW YORK STATE As cases of H1N1 flu increase in New York State, Governor David A. Paterson today urged New Yorkers to stay home if sick, avoid going to a hospital emergency room unless flu symptoms are severe and follow additional preventive measures to ...

New York governor David Paterson, a longtime supporter of same-sex marriage, is putting his money where his mouth is - by placing a marriage equality bill on the state senate's November 10 agenda.

Governor's State Disaster Emergency Declaration Together with President Obama's National Emergency Declaration Provide Increased Flexibility to Local Health Departments and Hospitals to Respond to H1N1 Flu In response to requests for assistance from local governments across New York State including New York City, Governor David A. Paterson today ...

The Democratic governor of New York, David Paterson, has issued a proclamation calling for an extraordinary session of both houses of the New York State Legislature to tackle a handful of issues.

Bill Owens pulled out an extraordinary victory in New Yorka s 23rd Congressional District against the extreme right wing of a Republican Party in disarray, making him the first Democrat to hold that seat since the Civil War.

As one of America's richest men, Michael Bloomberg does not often have occasion to mull mistakes or regret, but the inauguration of Barack Obama was perhaps one of them.

Share + Nov 3, 2009 9:15 am US/Mountain By ROB MORRISON, WCBS-TV 1 of 1 The USS New York, an amphibious transport dock ship, arrives in New York November 2, 2009.

The warship USS New York, named to honor the thousands who died in the World Trade Center eight years ago, is being welcomed by the people of New York.

At last! The Breslin restaurant inside the Ace Hotel New York is open, and HotelChatter was there on Saturday to sample the goodness.

After-hours are for vampires. After-hours in New York are where it's always Halloween-and never more debauched than on Halloween night at Purgatorio, rechristened PostPurgatorio by the Saint at Large for their All Saints priapic bacchanal.

As conservative activists scored a political scalp, mainstream Republicans wasted no time in grasping at the coat tails of Conservative Doug Hoffman.

Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York Statea s Home Energy Assistance Program will open on Monday, November 2. HEAP provides crucial energy assistance benefits that elderly and low-income households rely upon to keep their homes warm in the winter, particularly in these difficult economic times.

Republican Dierdre Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for the New York House and is encouraging supporters to embrace Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman.

If you feel anxious crossing New York bridges you may be justified. According to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, since 1991, just over one-third of the money in the state's Dedicated Highway and Bridge Trust Fund actually went to repairing and improving our deteriorating roads and bridges.

New York City has an election next week and, however cynical many of the city's voters may have become about politicians, one candidate should shock them.

The U.S.S. New York, the naval ship forged from World Trade Center steel, pulled out of its berth in Virginia today, beginning a five-day journey toward to its namesake city, where it will be formally commissioned in the Navy Fleet next week.

Former Republican Gov. George Pataki has endorsed the Conservative candidate in a key New York congressional race that's testing the soul of the GOP .